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> Because the fact that China has not engaged in non-local applications of violence Yet. The PRC has been internationally relevant for a few decades. The US h
by 80386 7y ago
> Because the fact that China has not engaged in non-local applications of violence
Yet.
The PRC has been internationally relevant for a few decades. The US has been internationally relevant practically since its founding.
And for whatever reason, people don't think the PRC has continuity with pre-Mao China -- which has been internationally relevant since long before the US existed, and which doesn't have a very nice track record.
- toohotatopic 7y agoIn this regard, this submission could be interesting: Who Was Sun Tzu’s Napoleon? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22296312 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22296312 >Millennia later, during the Second World War, Mao Zedong seized on this historical vignette to announce that the Chinese Communist forces would not abide by any political, military, or moral limitations in its fight against the Japanese, stating: “We are not Duke Xiang of Song and have no use for his asinine ethics.”